Fascism and Populism in Europe and the Americas ((3))

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This course examines the interconnected, transatlantic histories of the political ideology of populism and the violent philosophy of fascism from the 19th to 21st centuries. The course will introduce students to the history of fascist and populist movements in Europe and the Americas, defining these terms in their unique and multifaceted contexts and analyzing the forms both of these ideologies took -- both in and outside of state power, the relationship between the two ideologies, and the strategies by which the embrace of violence espoused by fascism managed to persist far beyond the end of World War II.